Lending Club is a marketplace lender that, until recently, primarily focused on consumer peer-to-peer lending. In April 2015 , Lending Club partnered with Google and Alibaba Group, US to facilitate commercial loans. The Google deal is aimed at helping small companies that resell Google For Work services secure low-interest loans. Interestingly, Google funds those loans itself, while Lending Club powers a customized automated underwriting process for Google. Google was also an early investor in Lending Club.